thank you. >> i met -- i am at paul revere. that fire is what went out to parents, so they think it is a town -- the flyer is what went out to parents, so they think it is a town hall meeting. >> i am a 25-year classroom teacher in san francisco and currently on the executive board of united educators of san francisco, and we represent the 6000 folks who keep the school running day in and day out with our wonderfully diverse student population, so i am here to speak about proposition h. there is a reason why did the commissioners, the board of supervisors, the city attorney, and now the san francisco democratic party, the green party, the labor council, virtually every democratic club in the city, parents republic of schools, all opposed proposition h. >> i cannot have you give an opinion on -- >> and i thought the previous man spoke. >> he was challenging the board on a statement made. >> speaking about a valid arguments, there is a great concern among educators in san francisco that if the school board has to revisit the stud

. >> the reason why i am here is i got involved in paul revere middle school. there is an obvious problem between the parents and the prince of bel -- principal. in the year 2011, the problems that are going at paul revere are happening where we have police reports of kids being tied up in the basement and reports of psychologists that are seeing our children because they have been affected by the principle. we had a demonstration about one month ago. what i am trying to voice here, in this meeting, is that hopefully you will take this matter into consideration because a lot of kids have been affected. i know that as a school board, you have to defend your principals, that is part of your duties. please take a look at what the parents and children are saying is an issue. there is going to be a lot of denial back and forth, but it is a serious issue where, i know a mother who, on a daily basis, she has watched the underwear of for son because there is a policy that they are not allowed to go to the bathroom. on a daily basis, this child comes home with soil and

i am the father of a girl out paul revere. >> [speaking spanish] >> i had the same situation with the principle at that school, there is no communication. and unfortunately with the issue of going to the bathroom during class. >> [speaking spanish] >> unfortunately because of what i mentioned about the bathroom, kids not being allowed to go the bathroom during class hours, and my daughter had an accident had pee'and shed -- and she pee'd on herself. they kept her without underwear and that is completely outrageous. this should not be happening. >> [speaking spanish] >> they have a system, it is like a rule, but they have as a board where they have the stamps if the kids have a good deed for good behavior. every time they ask to go the bathroom, one of the stances taken off. it should not be done. >> [speaking spanish] >> if i am not wrong, years ago, there was a policy where the kids were allowed to go the bathroom any time they needed to. thank you. president mendoza: thank you. >> [speaking spanish] >> i have two children at paul revere and i am the same situation, the same case. my

longfellow created a legend that turned paul revere into one of our nation's most "revered" heroes, andthat probably would never have happened if paul's last name didn't rhyme so conveniently. for "teen kids news," i'm nicole. >> we'll see you next time on "teen kids news." >> thanks for watching. have a great week. >> and a big thanks to our troops in the middle east for their service. girl: mom, can i have a dollar? yeah. it's right-- i think my purse is upstairs on the bed. it's not here. check the dining room. nope. what about your sister's room? not there, either. the upstairs closet? the downstairs closet. there are no more closets. announcer: moms everywhere are finding ways to keep kids active and healthy. get ideas. get involved. get going at letsmove.gov.

. -- at paul revere. i have had several incidents with the school staff and i have talked to the principle. one of them is that they send the kids to silence once and recessed. -- to silent lunch and recess. every time i have a meeting about this, she says that it is a lie. she sends some letters for the kids that they have not used their uniforms at school and that they come late. also, they are being suspended from the school. there was another incident that happened with the security guard at the school. the security guard, i told him that he was mistreating a boy as he was taking him a. i told him and he said that if i said something, he was going to hit me. then i called the police. also, i have the police report with me. i talked to the principal and he said that he was going to talk to the security guard, but i have not heard anything from her. that is why i am here and i have with me all the letters, all of the proof. i am here with all of the parents also. i am asking you for help. because the pr

. >> my name is frances evans, i have a daughter that attends paul revere, and i am here because there were some problems at the school with the principle. miss simmons. on the eighteenth of this month, mr. simmons slapped my daughter in her face. my daughter came home very upset. i filed a police report and i do have the police report. mrs. simmons is racist to the afro-americans and latinos. i had numerous words with her. >> madame chair, i don't believe it is proper for a person to identify. >> we were just checking that. i want to caution all of the speakers that slander for any of these staff members is inappropriate. if you would like to make your comments as general as possible, don't use names, personnel. >> please forgive me. i'm hoping paul revere can be a better school and the principal there can show a little more consideration with the students as far as the parents. things she has done two her parents and brutalize their children. i am just a concerned parent, and i want to see something better in the school. >> [speaking spanish] [inaudible conversations] >> good evening

i have three kids at paul revere. i have the same problem that all the parents have. the principal knows that i am here and i'm coming with other parents to let you know that my kids have been traumatized with all of the punishment that he is receiving. the principal is complaining that we do not go to the meetings, but when we go to the meetings, she does not listen to us and sometimes we want to shake her hand and she does not shake our hands. i would ask that you do something about it to resolve this problem, not just for the parents or the teachers, but for the kids. [speaking spanish] i do not think it is fair that she told my kid that if you do not behavior self, you should leave and go somewhere else. we tried to talk to her and make an appointment but we haven't been able to. [speaking spanish] i would like that you do something about it, maybe replace her with somebody else or talk to her or try to resolve the problem. thank you so much and i hope to hear from you with some answers for the problems we're going through. >> hello, my name is jamie. [speaking sp

. >> you realize that you messed up about paul revere?revere. i know. >> pepper spray, it burns your eye?

what's the difference between paul revere and betty ann ong? the revolutionists knew the british were coming. betty ann ong completed her mission. you look at the record of the other the three airlines, they called somebody, but they did not call ground control. betty ann ong it her mission and she completed ait. thank you. >> is there anyone else would like to comment? ok, seeing none, public comment is closed. >> let me start off by saying, i'm completely ok with the process. we are good. i have a hard time articulating this without being emotional except to say that i cannot imagine how this has been for the family. you have a sister, who was a hero, who is a hero, and you lost her in the most tragic and historic of ways. yet, she is a hero to the country. it is bittersweet. to the someone is unimaginable, but to have her as our hero is a great gift to all of us. thank you for all of that. i want to echo the mayor's contention -- mayor's intentions. we celebrate her heroic actions. we celebrate the sheet is a child of chinatown. she's a prod

we were at paul revere this morning. look at the growth they had. i always tell people those people in the public who are the naysayers who do not believe it can be done -- to us a favor -- get out of the way of the people in the school districts who are doing this fabulous work because they get it done every day. i think this is something we ought to be celebrating, the success of our children. we want to continue because even though we are closing the gap, that is not good enough. we have to eliminate the gap. until we eliminate it, shame on us. there is still work to be done. our goal is sunday, the word does not exist in our vocabulary. there is no such thing about talking about a gap because we are providing equity and access in the basic fundamental civil rights to a proper education that every child in san francisco deserves. you're so excited that all of you came -- i am so excited that all of you came. has the mayor had a chance? then he ought to get a chance to speak. mayor lee: it is my pleasure to be here and, certainly, to come to one o

paul revere. nothing could be further from the truth. ever heard of israel bizle. he run 346 miles on horse back from boston to philadelphia to warn not just boston, but all of the colonies in that upper area about the parish were coming. in other words, there are stories that made america and there are stories that america made up. you hear what i just said? there are stories that made america and there are stories that america made up and too often the myth becomes the choice and you believe rather than the facts and here's one thing and i'm going to close it here. he give me 15 minutes. i say, how are you going to give me 15 minutes? it takes a day of my time to come up here and give me 15 minutes. but i'm going to take what i need to take. what else are you going to do when you get up here? i'm going to leave you with this and you got to listen to this. the myth of absent. in american history as in american life, black americans are invisible presence. did you hear what i just said? you got to just listen to that a little bit because it's got to sink in a littl

. >> you realize that you messed up about paul revere? >> you know what, i didn't mess up about paul

>> i got the horse right here the name is paul revere and here's a guy that says if the weather is clear ♪ >> reporter: good bets and also rans have been running there for 70 years. is time running out? >> it will be a sad day. >> reporter: the track is one of 6 properties being looked at by lawrence berkeley lab for an expansion. as any race fan knows, just because there are six horses in a race, doesn't mean it's a one in six chance. it certainly isn't a shoe-in. >> the horse will be the at least know. >> reporter: he has been a farrier for 40 years. he figured he has shoed 100,000 horses or more. he doesn't want to put his foot in his mouth and say the track may be closing but you saw what happened to san mateo's bay meadows a few years ago replaced by housing and feels this track can't last too long no matter what. this is what has always concerned track workers. look at the view you get from the top of golden gate fields. it's almost a 360-degree panorama of the bay area. it sits orn bay land. and the land is certainly worth more than horseracing can bring in. >> just been a slow ki

the drummer for the roots, questlove, was nearly the paul revere of the occupy wall street movement. 11:30 monday night, questlove tried to use his twitter account to warn of the surprise eviction of the park. he posted omg, driving down south street, something about to go down, yo. swear i counted 1,000 riot gear cops about to pull a sneak attack. unfortunately, no one listened. >> a little bit on the -- >> well, it's true. good point. >> he's questlove, after all. let's go to politico. the chief white house correspondent for politico is mike allen with a look at the playbook. >> pizza gives you your grain, dairy, tomato. >> you get it it all in one happy circle. let's talk about congress taking millions of dollars in private trips this year. why do we care? >> yeah, well, after jack a abramoff took his trip to scotland and people thought there would be a cutback on this. it turns out it's still legal for congress to travel a lot. fascinatingly, $2 million of the $5 million in trips this year were all to israel. much of the freshman staff, their spouses, their aides are going on the